as in loads
a considerable amount
the babysitter had to listen to a whole raft of rules before she was allowed to even pick up the baby
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Recent Examples of raft
Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
My specialty is meta-materials, which bring a whole raft of new functionalities.
—Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
Graham Averill, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
And thanks to its proximity to the more than 800,000 acres of Big Bend National Park, Terlingua is a popular basecamp for outdoor enthusiasts, who flock to the area to raft the Rio Grande, hike challenging desert terrain, and experience some of the darkest skies in the country.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2025
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Paige also doesn’t tee Craig up to have a productive conversation because the episode ends with the two of them sitting in an inflatable raft talking about their relationship.
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The trip begins with a bang by rafting a tumultuous section of the Rio Grande, just 30 miles southwest of Taos.
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Sophomore star Hannah Hidalgo often had buoyed the offense in the early months.—
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Optimism among company chief financial officers dropped in the first quarter as tariff risks and uncertainty began to cloud an outlook among business executives that had been buoyed by President Donald Trump's election victory, according to a survey by two Federal Reserve banks and Duke University.—
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Amazon also ordered a slew of international spinoffs, including Italy’s Citadel: Diana and India’s Citadel: Honey Bunny, which both premiered last year.—
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The latest shakeup comes amid a slew of management changes at the luxury giant, which saw Guiony become president of the wines and spirits division.—
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Country’s success further ballooned into the 2020s thanks to artists like Wallen and Combs.—
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Fiscal hawks in both chambers are already worried that Arrington is right, and that counting the cost of Trump's 2017 taxes as $0 will result in a final bill that contributes to the ballooning federal deficit.—
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But since misogynistic online communities aren’t localized, the discourse has spread to encompass dozens of countries and their specific attempts — or lack thereof — to counter radicalization.—
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Most of the captives have been released in ceasefire agreements or other deals, but Israeli forces rescued eight alive and recovered dozens of bodies.—
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That doesn’t mean the idea may not be floated again, especially if the economy slows significantly and as mid-term elections approach.—
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This architecturally adventurous hotel in Swedish Lapland comprises a collection of Scandi-minimalist cabins—some floating atop the Lule River, others at the edge of a forest that’s frequented by moose.—
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Luckily, Amazon has tons of deals on outdoor solar lights to give your space a fresh glow and help keep the festivities going long after the sun goes down.—
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With Drake Maye under center and tons of new defenders in the mix, the Patriots are looking for a bounce-back season and start a new era of consistent winning.—
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Maximus, a ginormous 125-year-old alligator snapping turtle that staff loved to swim with and who brought smiles to thousands of visitors, has died, N.C.—
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After the SpaceX capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, they were greeted by a pod of dolphins swimming nearby.—
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Biden sharply expanded use of TPS and other temporary forms of protection in a strategy to create and expand legal pathways to live in the United States while suspending asylum for those who enter illegally.—
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Officers Justin McMillan, 27, and Justin Colon, 24, surrendered Monday and were suspended from the force without pay.—
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“Raft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raft. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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